RABANI
technologies and work methods, top-of-the-line equipment, tools, machines. The faculty and staff are stellar and incredibly great to learn from and have discussions with.”
Since arriving in 2023, he has helped shape the visual arts ecosystem on campus, curating exhibitions, guiding installations and teaching courses in 3D Foundations and Object Design. Rather than viewing those responsibilities as separate from his studio practice, he sees them as interconnected forms of building. Infrastructure, like sculpture, requires structure, patience and care. He carries that same philosophy into the classroom.
Over the past two-and-a-half years, he has worked with more than 90 students, mentees who, Rabani says, inspire him to keep creating.
“ One of the amazing aspects of working and mentoring young artists is that they keep the dream alive in me,” he says.“ I work to stoke the flame in them.”
In studios and galleries across campus, that flame is tangible. In steel and wood. In ink and bronze. And in the steady encouragement of emerging artists learning to shape their own work.
26 WAV E MAGAZINE | Spring 2026